In his ongoing quest to turn the abandoned Albertsons supermarket in Evergreen into a regional cultural center, Russ Campbell called a couple dozen people together for a pep talk and tour of the building June 25.

Campbell is spearheading a drive to turn the supermarket into a multipurpose arts center using private donations. The architectural embodiment of the phrase “blank canvas,” the building is listed for sale at $5 million, said Grant A. Maves, a broker with SullivanHayes.

After appealing a district court decision, Canyon Area Residents for the Environment has lost its latest bid to prevent the construction of a new TV broadcast tower on Mount Morrison.

The state Court of Appeals has sided with the Jefferson County Board of Commissioners and District Judge Stephen Munsinger in rejecting the claim that the commissioners were mistaken when they approved the construction of a new TV broadcast tower on Mount Morrison.

A free spirit who became part of the living scenery of downtown Evergreen, Mark Cairns will be remembered as a gentle soul who had few possessions other than an enduring passion for music.

Cairns got the nickname “Walking Mark” because he never had a car and was always seen around town on foot, sporting a white ponytail, guitar on his back, wearing brown corduroy pants and a gray Irish fisherman sweater.

Cairns died the evening of June 19 of undetermined causes. Sources said he was taking a shower at a friend’s house when he suddenly collapsed.

A woman bitten by a rattlesnake Wednesday at Mount Falcon Park suffered a severe reaction, according to Indian Hills Fire Chief Don Schoenbein.

Susan Schwartz, 59, was hiking alone on the Devil’s Elbow Trail when she was bit in the leg by a rattlesnake about 11:50 a.m. June 24. She was wearing shorts.

Schoenbein said Schwartz wrapped a constricting band above the bite and walked about 1½ miles to the west parking area along Picutis Road off Parmalee Gulch Road, where she found a park ranger who called 911.

Joan Ridgely of Golden was the winner of Evergreen Newspapers’ Easter Egg Hunt this year. Ridgely said she used the library to research clues and found that Eden Park was the former name for Dedisse Park, where she searched for and discovered the egg on Easter morning.

Last week we took a brief look at the white clematis, or Western virgin’s bower. This week we will take a look at a very similar plant known as yellow clematis or Chinese clematis, formerly Clematis orientalis. This is the plant that is on the noxious weed list and which so many people are concerned about.